Moshchun
{{Short description|Village in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine}}
{{Expand Ukrainian|topic=geo|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Moshchun
| native_name = Мощун
| image_skyline = Moshchun8.JPG
| settlement_type = village
| native_name_lang = uk
| pushpin_map = Ukraine Kyiv Oblast#Ukraine
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Moshchun within Kyiv Oblast
| pushpin_relief = y
| coordinates = {{coord|50.603|30.313|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{UKR}}
| subdivision_type1 = Oblast
| subdivision_type2 = Raion
| subdivision_type3 = Hromada
| subdivision_name1 = Kyiv Oblast
| subdivision_name2 = Bucha Raion
| subdivision_name3 = Hostomel settlement hromada
| unit_pref = Metric
| population_total = 794
| utc_offset = +2
| timezone_DST = EEST
| utc_offset_DST = +3
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 08106
| area_code = +380 4598
| area_code_type = Area code
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1664{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
| pushpin_label_position = left
}}
Moshchun or Moschun ({{Langx|uk|Мощун}}) is a village (selo) in Bucha Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to the Hostomel settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.{{cite web |title=Гостомельская громада |url=https://gromada.info/ru/obschina/gostomel/ |publisher=Портал об'єднаних громад України |language=ru}} Most of the village was destroyed during Russia's attempt to capture Kyiv as part of its 2022 invasion.{{Cite web |title=У селі Мощун на Київщині знищено 2 тис будинків із 2,8 тис |url=https://zn.ua/ukr/UKRAINE/u-seli-moshchun-na-kijivshchini-znishcheno-2-tis-budinkiv-iz-2-8-tis.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=Зеркало недели {{!}} Дзеркало тижня {{!}} Mirror Weekly |language=uk}}
History
Moshchun was originally named Pylnia ({{Langx|uk|Пильня}}) after the many sawmills in the village.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
The May 21, 1656 Universal of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky gifted Moshchun, Vyshhorod, and Novi Petrivtsi to the Mezhyhirya Monastery.{{cite web |title=Kyievo-Mezhyhirksyi Spaso-Preobrazhenskyi Monastyr |url=http://www.vyshgorod-museum.org.ua/index.php?go=News&file=print&id=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002215233/http://www.vyshgorod-museum.org.ua/index.php?go=News&file=print&id=5 |archive-date=2011-10-02 |access-date=2007-12-27 |work=Government historical-cultural reserve in the city of Vyshhorod |language=uk}}
In 1886, Moshchun had a population of 203.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
The Russian language television programs Muhtar's Return & Svaty were both filmed in Moshchun.{{Cite web |title=Боль и надежда украинского «Голливуда» |url=http://rg.kiev.ua/page14/article18179/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923003646/http://rg.kiev.ua/page14/article18179/ |archive-date=23 September 2013 |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=rg.kiev.ua |language=uk}}
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the village was the site of the important Battle of Moshchun. Ukrainian forces held their positions at Moshchun against many Russian attacks, and it became one of the key strongholds protecting Kyiv.{{Cite web |title=Олександр Вдовиченко, «Слов’ян»: «Я був впевнений в своїх людях. І ми вистояли» |url=https://lb.ua/society/2022/06/03/518854_oleksandr_vdovichenko_slovyan.html |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=LB.ua |language=uk}} 70% of buildings in the village were destroyed during the battle.
Gallery
File:Moshchun1.JPG|Vyshnevyi provulok ({{Langx|uk|Вишневий провулок}} – literally Cherry line)
File:Moshchun school.JPG|A school
File:Moshchun5.JPG|A bus stop and shops
File:Мощун, церква.jpg|The Church of St. John the Divine
{{Panorama
| image = Moshchun pan13.jpg
| height = 100
| caption = A panorama of Moshchun from the Irpin River as of 2014
}}